If you are a chessplayer who is unfamiliar with the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+), you might consider it all flash and no substance, and welcome the "donation" of a couple of pieces to your game.
That kind of thinking might ward off a sense of panic while defending, but it can handicap constructing a defense.
accattone444 - shevapr
Jerome Gambit Classic #1, Chess.com, 2024
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6
7.Qf5+ Kd6 8.f4This is a standard Jerome Gambit position, with over 1,300 examples in The Database.
8...g6
Things don't always work out that way, however.
9.Qxe5+ Kc6 10.d4
White had 10.Qd5+ and 10.Qxh8 as alternatives. Perhaps he was feeling lucky.
10...Qf6
Perhaps it is sometimes true that Simple problems have simple solutions, but in this case even a more complicated attempt at a solution, 10...Qh4+ 11.g3 Qh5 12.Qxh5 gxh5 13.dxc5 Nf6 would not suffice.
11.Qxc5 checkmate
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